Join us for celebration readings and events, starting in March. SAVE THESE DATES! These gatherings will feature readings, prizes, and surprise guests of honor. Watch our socials (@sdpoetryannual) and read our newsletters for more information on how to sign up to read soon. Hope to see you there! All three volumes of the San Diego Poetry…
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SDPA Open Reading @ Mission Hills Library w/ Curran Jeffery & Bluestocking Books, Aug. 6
Saturday, Aug.6 from 1-2:30 p.m.: San Diego Poetry Annual reading, hosted by author Curran Jeffery and sponsored by SDPA and Bluestocking Books. All authors, fans of lit arts, and poets looking to publish are welcome. Come to watch, share, and celebrate. Sign up to read by email at mkklam@gmail.com or text (619) 957-3264. Please indicate in your message whether or not you’ve previously…
SDPA Reading (La Jolla 7/23) & Poetry by Ameya Pandit
Saturday, July 23, 2-5 p.m.: San Diego Poetry Annual reading with special guest Jack Webb, founder and director of the Border Voices Poetry Program. Join us at the La Jolla/Riford Library, located at 7555 Draper Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037. Hosted by Seretta Martin, Managing Editor, SDPA. All authors, fans of lit arts, and poets looking to publish are…
Conversations with Poets: Ying Wu and Ameerah Holliday (videos), and Jane Muschenetz (audio)
In this episode of Conversations with Poets (CWP), I chat with Ying Wu, poet and cognitive neuroscientist at UC San Diego. Ying edits Kids! San Diego Poetry Annual with fellow editor, literary agent, and poet Ameerah Holliday. Ying’s CWP interview took place in the Children’s section at Central Library. Click here for Ying and here…
Olga García Interview and Reg E Gaines Audio Poem!
Olga García is a bilingual poet, physicist, mathematician, and editor of San Diego Poetry Annual’s Spanish/English edition. In this episode of Central Library’s Conversations with Poets (CWP), Olga and I discuss her extraordinary life. We talk about everything from the inspiration and influence of her unparalleled grandmothers to her resolute determination to become both physicist…
Conversations with Poets: Jeff Walt! and More National Poetry Month Events
Conversations with Poets at Downtown Library! Watch to learn about the lives of San Diego’s most celebrated poets. These are 30-minute video interviews with questions ranging from writer’s craft to inspirations to performance and publishing. Four interviews have posted so far: Ron Salisbury, Rudy Francisco, Ted Washington, and Jeff Walt. Coming up next: Sharon Elise,…
April is National Poetry Month!
Here are a few of the many National Poetry Month events happening in April at libraries, colleges, bars, galleries, and cafés around San Diego. Hope to see you out there, in person! Friday, April 1, at 3 p.m., poet Chrystophver R, hosts The Poetry Party (The Poetical Party of Choice) in the Santa Fe Room (Balboa Park…
The Kowit Ceremony
Hosted by: J E F F W A L T / The Kowit Steve Kowit Poetry Prize Awards Ceremony Friday, April 8 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM PT Central San Diego Public Library Shiley Events Suite – 330 Park Blvd, San Diego, CA 92101 San Diego, CA 92260 FB, click here: Steve Kowit Poetry Prize on Facebook Steve Kowit…